More ghost fun! I mentioned on my last post that I like strawberries and I like chocolate, but I don't like chocolate-covered strawberries. Cream-covered strawberries though? Gimme!

OK, so they were supposed to be more ghostlike, but that's the best I could do with the stupid little lollipop sticks that I bought. Not the right tool for dipping strawberries in cream! Doh! If you want to make your own ghosties on a stick, a mini-fork party pick is the way to go. Like this bamboo pick:

See how the top looks more ghostly with the right tool? *facepalm*

Anyway, once you arm yourself with the right dipping tool, making these is super easy! To make the cream, you will need a can of coconut milk that is cool enough to have the fat separate itself from the watery part. Mine was plenty solid at room temperature, but if yours isn't solid you can refrigerate it for an hour or so. Once cold, open the can of coconut milk and scoop out the fat into a mixing bowl, leaving the liquid in the can. Use an electric mixer to whip the coconut cream until fluffy, add maple syrup and vanilla to taste, and whip until combined. One tablespoon of maple syrup and 1.5 teaspoon of vanilla was plenty for my taste.

Wash the strawberries and pat them dry with a paper towel. Cut off the stems, insert a pick in the bottom of one strawberry, dip it in the coconut cream and roll it around to coat it with the yummy cream. If the cream is too firm and the strawberry isn't getting coated, you can microwave the cream for 5 seconds and stir until it complies. Repeat if necessary, but too much microwave will turn your cream into coconut soup! :)

Decorate the ghost's face with mini chocolate chips, or do what I did and draw the eyes and mouth with melted chocolate chips.

You will need to insert the pick into a block of styrofoam to keep the strawberries from sticking together. Use a screwdriver to lead the way if the pick isn't cooperating. There's your first ghost! Repeat until you're sick of making ghosts or until you run out of berries. I had enough coconut cream to make 16 ghosts/strawberries.

Organic strawberries are best for this, because they're more evenly shaped than those non-organic, gigantor, weird-shaped Chernobyl berries that would never look remotely ghostly! :)

You think this is cute? You think everything I make for Halloweegan is cute? Wait until you see my bloopers later this week! Oy! There will be some unintentionally melted bat heads, and a mummy pizza that looks like... a regular pizza. HELP! I'm losing Halloweegan steam!!

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Those ghosts are so cute! Love them. I just wrote a post on stuff I think you should make, and blogger decided not to work. Sigh. Hope this isn't posting twice, either.

So, if you're open to suggestions for Halloweegan themes:a) anything (vegeloaf, cake, burger, bread) shaped and decorated like a tombstone.b) coffin cake. preferably coffee-flavoured, so i can giggle about the name.c) grapes dipped in light toffee, made to look like eyeballs.d) anything witch-themed. the hats might be the easiest to make, though!e) disembowled bodies. pasta brains (you could mould some papadelle in a bowl in the fridge), pastry fingers, or anything with a knife stuck into it.

From that photo, I would have *sworn* that the cream was solid, like white chocolate! Looks AH-may-ZING! And the cutest ghosts I've ever seen, for sure. . . (maybe the fork-formed ones are more pointy, but not nearly as cute). And I hear you on the Chernobyl strawberries. . .which actually have no flavor, either!

Don't lose your steam! I've looked forward to Halloweegan all year! Your ideas are great. Tomorrow I'm planning on making the strawberry ghosts with my daughter. Maybe throw in stuff that isn't food? I thought you had a few crafts planned? Those would be great! I have faith in you!